Well you have to think about it. Who can decide if a memory is "undesirable"? Unease is, amongst others, an effect that we humans feel when we realise we have to stay absent from something, such as dark small parks in the middle of a wednesday night, in order not to get hurt, or raped/robbed as in the example above. Aren't you more likely to end up in the same scenario twice if you don't remember the first one and can therefore avoid it a second time?
Isn't it hilarious? The industry has created such an itch that people actually PAY to get rid of them. The mafia of this century, and this time it's legal!
Defining truth is a fools errand. Einstein explained that this is even true within the fundamentals of physics when defining spacetime. There is no such thing as absolute truth, of course, however we tend to try reaching enough common ground to bind our "truths" together. We try to isolate the object as its own organ, however whenever we handle this object in any way, the input/output is filtered through the human brain, and the more organs (not body organs) involved, the more filters between "truth" and end observer. And no matter how many lab coats you own or how many degrees you hold, you will never find absolute truth, for you can never imagine/simulate how an object displays to an infinite amount of observers. What we think of as truth is how the object is displayed from our perspective, be it individual or global.
Now you might think "well I brushed my teeth this morning, I know that for a fact and it should be seen as truth". Believe it or not but even a simple "fact" as this has infinite possibilities of being misinterpreted or even interpreted. E.g. brushing teeth might include applying toothpaste for some, and not for others. You might imply that you brushed your teeth with toothpaste, but it was never included in the sentence, meaning it leaves space for specualtion. Your next thought might be "well next time I will define it even better". Unless you're planning on defining an infinite amount of details (where, when, how, why, etc. which are the basic ones to start with) you will never be able to explain the "truth", for it will always leave space for speculation.
No it's not fair play. Playing on peoples ignorance with the future of millions of third world country kids at stake is not fair play. Just because the law allows them to be exploited it doesn't make it fair. I for one look at intel with nothing but disgust, this time it's not regular consumers, have some fucking conscience. They could have proposed a cooperation between themselves and OLPC (and even AMD) and actually done something with this instead of just digging for more gold. As usual someone has a beautiful idea, and money hungry whores walk over dead bodies to exploit it.
The funny thing is: I JUST commented the "leak" of the Google phone in another site. These "leak" conspiracies shouldn't be encouraged. Let's just use the word release instead, my guess is we'd be more often correct than vice versa.
Let's say that this hypothetical procedure is true. Is there a chance--in this case in particular--that the fee for the OLPC+OS will be lowered? Bear in mind that I'm expecting a "Yes" or a "No".
Basicly it's a big black box with a large lever. Next to that lever there's a text saying "To vote for the Republican party please pull the lever. For other parties please punch yourself in the face".
It might be off topic, but if a country can have a private (at least quasi-public) central bank, they sure as hell can have private voting systems. --- In the States no one can hear you vote.
It doesn't take a genious to figure out that this law is proposed because of irresponsible dog owners. I'm sick and tired of slaloming around dog shit every time I walk down the streets, I would love to see this law right here in Barcelona as well. What goes for license? fuck yeah. That's definetly the best solution. Next step is license to have children. Society shouldn't have to pick up (litteraly) the shit that irresponsible dog owners (parents as well, heck anyone responsible for another living creature) leave behind. I don't leave shit in your line of path, stop leaving shit in mine.
In MY perfect world!? What the hell are you talking about? Hard drive manufacturers lowering their cost because Windows is preinstalled on the OLPC? There's a third party involved (four if you count this generous hard drive manufacturer), how the hell do you expect costs to be lowered when additional staff has to be paid!? This is simple maths, stop complicating it.
And yes, MS does have a large wallet... ehem I mean influence, but the influence OLPC has or will have (yes the project is still small but this natural for any new project) will definetly be sufficient in the future.
Yeah I answered my own question alright. Appearantly in your world you push a button and a flawless piece of code is written. How can you not recognise testing, optimizing and stabilizing as an ongoing process of any software?
Well your point makes sense. Something is better than nothing. However this decision was not even close to necessary. I won't settle just because "at least someone got one". The case is crystal clear, a piece of hardware was created along with a piece of software, integrating them both. Then came a third party claiming that their expensive software, that from the start wasn't even remotely designed for this machine, was the natural choice only because it is used by the majority. The decision to adopt XP cannot have been for any other reason than just this, I mean flamebaiting aside but seriously, was it cheaper? was it faster? was it easier? No but it was bigger. Fine it was bigger, now what difference does that make? Does it teach the kids anything extra? Of course not, it's simply the f**king platform they use. Another argument is that it will "help" them in the when they need to use a computer other than the OLPC--they will have an easier transition that is. What kind of a f**king argument is that? Are these kids lobotomized? Are they absolutely brain dead? 7-year-old kids know 3 languages and are rendered normal, yet they're such idiots that can't realise the connection between the Start-button and the X-button? Come on, if anything their world will become just as retarded as my world is, packed with real life lobotomized idiots whom shit their pants when all their installed software are gone, just to realise that they are hidden under the [worthless] personalized menu--this after bothering me about it for hours first of course.
How can anyone expect an uneducated government (IT wise) to set up a sound education plan based solely on IT? How about we begin with OLPM (One Laptop Per Minister), and then move to phase 2?
And in what way was it a "piece of shit"? It was designed to support basic hardware with basic software for basic users, at a low cost. It would eventually do exactly what it was meant to do, and by eventually I mean when all software was optimized and stabilized enough.
Let's also keep in mind that fewer children get these laptops now due to license fees, and who will make profit out of this? Peru? The children of Peru? The guys behind OLPC?
Well how hard can it be? NASA scientists don't hold the monopoly of cracking astronomy puzzles.
Often the answer is right under your nose and I've been doing some research right here on/. to see if any recent events might be related to this. Here's my conclusion:
The internet is a series of immortal water bears whom just recently filed for Lehman Brothers. I think.
It is possible that this is matter-antimatter interaction. However this would raise some questions. This object seems to be large, and since basic physics tell us that you need an equal amount of matter/antimatter for them to completely vanish, otherwise you're left with revenue of either one of them. How can then one object "eat" itself up? There's no sign of any other object there, which there would be since antimatter is just as charged as matter, but the other way around. And last but not least, the annihilation of matter/antimatter result in gamma ray photons being released. This would be clearly visible with Hubble.
--
In space, no one can hear your spleen.
I used to rely on GnomeMeeting (old Ekiga), but when the project turned around and they implemented SIP etc. things went sour. The sound started crackling, the video feed was absolutely awful. For some reason the resolution was limited to the lowest (don't remember details). Even though all quality seemed to have been lowered, the same went for speed as well (which makes little sense).
It's fair to say that we did (me and my friend) get it to work, but very--very poorly. The immediate reaction was a rollback to old GM, which still worked like a charm.
However it seemed fair to give the Ekiga team some time to stabilize their software--this was March 2006. We simply gave up.
I don't intend to spread conspiracy theories but couldn't it be possible that EA like everybody else are fully aware that no matter how much protection they put in software, they will always be pirated given they are popular enough? And there will be more or less the same people that download a pirated version regardless of the game. Could it be so that EA is in fact counting on the pirates to continue their business and that EA in the name of "justice" release this DRM to milk the consumers, that actually pay for it, even more?
As I said, it might sound like conspiracy but think about it, is this the first time (or even one of the first milion times) that copy protection fails to work? I don't think EA employees are idiots, they just work for a greedy company. But who doesn't?
Why not just stick to how long the battery lasts during absolute full load? That way you know what your minimum timespan is, the rest is up to you as a user to comphensate for.
You're absolutely right. Then what makes you so sure that exploiting of patents only exist in fairy tales? Here's my argument: why would you want to patent anything if you don't plan to use the patent?
Well you do have a good point. Honestly what's frightening is that Google assume that this explanation will hold for such an enormous company, that they invest huge funds in projects such as Chrome, hype it on the net as if Jesus had descended, and then just "copy-pasted the EULA".
What's even more frightening is that it does.
Slashdot Mirror
Well you have to think about it. Who can decide if a memory is "undesirable"? Unease is, amongst others, an effect that we humans feel when we realise we have to stay absent from something, such as dark small parks in the middle of a wednesday night, in order not to get hurt, or raped/robbed as in the example above. Aren't you more likely to end up in the same scenario twice if you don't remember the first one and can therefore avoid it a second time?
I don't mean to be a dick but to our UK/North American friends: it's called km/h (kilos per hour doesn't make sense).
Isn't it hilarious? The industry has created such an itch that people actually PAY to get rid of them. The mafia of this century, and this time it's legal!
Defining truth is a fools errand. Einstein explained that this is even true within the fundamentals of physics when defining spacetime. There is no such thing as absolute truth, of course, however we tend to try reaching enough common ground to bind our "truths" together. We try to isolate the object as its own organ, however whenever we handle this object in any way, the input/output is filtered through the human brain, and the more organs (not body organs) involved, the more filters between "truth" and end observer. And no matter how many lab coats you own or how many degrees you hold, you will never find absolute truth, for you can never imagine/simulate how an object displays to an infinite amount of observers. What we think of as truth is how the object is displayed from our perspective, be it individual or global.
Now you might think "well I brushed my teeth this morning, I know that for a fact and it should be seen as truth". Believe it or not but even a simple "fact" as this has infinite possibilities of being misinterpreted or even interpreted. E.g. brushing teeth might include applying toothpaste for some, and not for others. You might imply that you brushed your teeth with toothpaste, but it was never included in the sentence, meaning it leaves space for specualtion. Your next thought might be "well next time I will define it even better". Unless you're planning on defining an infinite amount of details (where, when, how, why, etc. which are the basic ones to start with) you will never be able to explain the "truth", for it will always leave space for speculation.
No it's not fair play. Playing on peoples ignorance with the future of millions of third world country kids at stake is not fair play. Just because the law allows them to be exploited it doesn't make it fair. I for one look at intel with nothing but disgust, this time it's not regular consumers, have some fucking conscience. They could have proposed a cooperation between themselves and OLPC (and even AMD) and actually done something with this instead of just digging for more gold. As usual someone has a beautiful idea, and money hungry whores walk over dead bodies to exploit it.
The funny thing is: I JUST commented the "leak" of the Google phone in another site. These "leak" conspiracies shouldn't be encouraged. Let's just use the word release instead, my guess is we'd be more often correct than vice versa.
Hahaha! Insightful indeed. Thank you for the complement. ;)
Let's say that this hypothetical procedure is true. Is there a chance--in this case in particular--that the fee for the OLPC+OS will be lowered? Bear in mind that I'm expecting a "Yes" or a "No".
Basicly it's a big black box with a large lever. Next to that lever there's a text saying "To vote for the Republican party please pull the lever. For other parties please punch yourself in the face".
It might be off topic, but if a country can have a private (at least quasi-public) central bank, they sure as hell can have private voting systems.
---
In the States no one can hear you vote.
It doesn't take a genious to figure out that this law is proposed because of irresponsible dog owners. I'm sick and tired of slaloming around dog shit every time I walk down the streets, I would love to see this law right here in Barcelona as well. What goes for license? fuck yeah. That's definetly the best solution. Next step is license to have children. Society shouldn't have to pick up (litteraly) the shit that irresponsible dog owners (parents as well, heck anyone responsible for another living creature) leave behind. I don't leave shit in your line of path, stop leaving shit in mine.
In MY perfect world!? What the hell are you talking about? Hard drive manufacturers lowering their cost because Windows is preinstalled on the OLPC? There's a third party involved (four if you count this generous hard drive manufacturer), how the hell do you expect costs to be lowered when additional staff has to be paid!? This is simple maths, stop complicating it.
And yes, MS does have a large wallet... ehem I mean influence, but the influence OLPC has or will have (yes the project is still small but this natural for any new project) will definetly be sufficient in the future.
Yeah I answered my own question alright. Appearantly in your world you push a button and a flawless piece of code is written. How can you not recognise testing, optimizing and stabilizing as an ongoing process of any software?
Well your point makes sense. Something is better than nothing. However this decision was not even close to necessary. I won't settle just because "at least someone got one". The case is crystal clear, a piece of hardware was created along with a piece of software, integrating them both. Then came a third party claiming that their expensive software, that from the start wasn't even remotely designed for this machine, was the natural choice only because it is used by the majority. The decision to adopt XP cannot have been for any other reason than just this, I mean flamebaiting aside but seriously, was it cheaper? was it faster? was it easier? No but it was bigger. Fine it was bigger, now what difference does that make? Does it teach the kids anything extra? Of course not, it's simply the f**king platform they use. Another argument is that it will "help" them in the when they need to use a computer other than the OLPC--they will have an easier transition that is. What kind of a f**king argument is that? Are these kids lobotomized? Are they absolutely brain dead? 7-year-old kids know 3 languages and are rendered normal, yet they're such idiots that can't realise the connection between the Start-button and the X-button? Come on, if anything their world will become just as retarded as my world is, packed with real life lobotomized idiots whom shit their pants when all their installed software are gone, just to realise that they are hidden under the [worthless] personalized menu--this after bothering me about it for hours first of course.
How can anyone expect an uneducated government (IT wise) to set up a sound education plan based solely on IT? How about we begin with OLPM (One Laptop Per Minister), and then move to phase 2?
And in what way was it a "piece of shit"? It was designed to support basic hardware with basic software for basic users, at a low cost. It would eventually do exactly what it was meant to do, and by eventually I mean when all software was optimized and stabilized enough.
Let's also keep in mind that fewer children get these laptops now due to license fees, and who will make profit out of this? Peru? The children of Peru? The guys behind OLPC?
No--but this guy will.
Well how hard can it be? NASA scientists don't hold the monopoly of cracking astronomy puzzles.
/. to see if any recent events might be related to this. Here's my conclusion:
Often the answer is right under your nose and I've been doing some research right here on
The internet is a series of immortal water bears whom just recently filed for Lehman Brothers. I think.
It is possible that this is matter-antimatter interaction. However this would raise some questions. This object seems to be large, and since basic physics tell us that you need an equal amount of matter/antimatter for them to completely vanish, otherwise you're left with revenue of either one of them. How can then one object "eat" itself up? There's no sign of any other object there, which there would be since antimatter is just as charged as matter, but the other way around. And last but not least, the annihilation of matter/antimatter result in gamma ray photons being released. This would be clearly visible with Hubble.
--
In space, no one can hear your spleen.
"I really hate Java, especially the toolkit..."
;)
Stop burning your bridge.
I used to rely on GnomeMeeting (old Ekiga), but when the project turned around and they implemented SIP etc. things went sour. The sound started crackling, the video feed was absolutely awful. For some reason the resolution was limited to the lowest (don't remember details). Even though all quality seemed to have been lowered, the same went for speed as well (which makes little sense).
It's fair to say that we did (me and my friend) get it to work, but very--very poorly. The immediate reaction was a rollback to old GM, which still worked like a charm.
However it seemed fair to give the Ekiga team some time to stabilize their software--this was March 2006. We simply gave up.
I don't intend to spread conspiracy theories but couldn't it be possible that EA like everybody else are fully aware that no matter how much protection they put in software, they will always be pirated given they are popular enough? And there will be more or less the same people that download a pirated version regardless of the game. Could it be so that EA is in fact counting on the pirates to continue their business and that EA in the name of "justice" release this DRM to milk the consumers, that actually pay for it, even more?
As I said, it might sound like conspiracy but think about it, is this the first time (or even one of the first milion times) that copy protection fails to work? I don't think EA employees are idiots, they just work for a greedy company. But who doesn't?
Why not just stick to how long the battery lasts during absolute full load? That way you know what your minimum timespan is, the rest is up to you as a user to comphensate for.
Pointing out that it doesnt scale proves nothing.
You're absolutely right. Then what makes you so sure that exploiting of patents only exist in fairy tales? Here's my argument: why would you want to patent anything if you don't plan to use the patent?
Well you do have a good point. Honestly what's frightening is that Google assume that this explanation will hold for such an enormous company, that they invest huge funds in projects such as Chrome, hype it on the net as if Jesus had descended, and then just "copy-pasted the EULA". What's even more frightening is that it does.